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  • #1922
    Whatsernamex33
    Closed Accounts Posts: 843 ✭✭✭Whatsernamex33


    Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer. :)


  • #1923
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. Eldest girl did it for the Leaving. It's a classic, I feel so cultured now:D. Enjoyable, so far...


  • #1924
    zyanya
    Registered Users Posts: 208 ✭✭zyanya


    later12 wrote: »
    Poems of the Dispossessed.
    It's an anthology of Irish misery-lit.

    I'm a larf a minute.

    Irish misery lit? ooh, what's the author name, please?

    I want some!


  • #1925
    zyanya
    Registered Users Posts: 208 ✭✭zyanya


    drdeadlift wrote: »
    The secret race,by Taylor Hamilton.
    Its very enjoyable.

    I like the name. what's it about?


  • #1926
    malkmoose
    Registered Users Posts: 98 ✭✭malkmoose


    I, Partridge: We need to talk about Alan. I read it in about 4 days, funny stuff. If you are a Partridge fan I recommend it, otherwise maybe not.


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  • #1927
    shalalala
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,710 ✭✭✭shalalala


    73Cat wrote: »
    I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. Eldest girl did it for the Leaving. It's a classic, I feel so cultured now:D. Enjoyable, so far...

    I loved that book so much growing up. I might dig it back out and re-read actually :)


  • #1928
    9959
    Registered Users Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭9959


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    The Colour of A Dog Running Away by Richard Gwyn.

    What colour is it, by the way?


  • #1929
    aujopimur
    Registered Users Posts: 3,953 ✭✭✭aujopimur


    The assasination of Robert Maxwell.


  • #1930
    Twinkleboots
    Registered Users Posts: 127 ✭✭Twinkleboots


    We need to talk about Kevin- Lionel Shriver

    It's pretty disturbing :(


  • #1931
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    I don't read, I get the audiobooks :)

    The actors are superb, realy bring it to life

    Currently going through World with End by Ken Follett

    They did a TV series about it recently

    The TV series was good but the book is even better!


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  • #1932
    BlaasForRafa
    Registered Users Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭BlaasForRafa


    Finally got around to buying Rough Ride by Paul Kimmage. It was nestled in amongst a heap of Lance Armstrong titles at the local bookshop which I thought was ironic. The major part of the book is made up of his diary entries from his pro racing career in the late 80's and the title of the book is certainly appropriate.


  • #1933
    Paddy Samurai
    Registered Users Posts: 3,014 ✭✭✭Paddy Samurai


    I am reading two at the moment

    Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
    About a hundred pages read.Its top notch and I am really enjoying it.

    The Fort by Bernard Cornwell
    On the last chapter....................


  • #1934
    Paddy Samurai
    Registered Users Posts: 3,014 ✭✭✭Paddy Samurai


    The_Thing wrote: »
    Thanks, I've been reading Stephen King's stuff for the best part of the last 30 years. Have you read anything by Robert R. McCammon - I'd recommend 'Stinger' and 'Swan Song'

    Wolfs Hour
    Is a great read as well.Reading the blurb you would think no way.But as crazy as the story sounds ,he makes it believable.Top Notch IMO.


  • #1935
    Fiery mutant
    Registered Users Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭Fiery mutant


    No Easy Day. The book about the SEAL raid that killed Bin Laden. I wasn't sure of it at first, but I'm actually enjoying it now to be honest.

    We should defend our way of life to an extent that any attempt on it is crushed, so that any adversary will never make such an attempt in the future.



  • #1936
    padd b1975
    Registered Users Posts: 10,698 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    Ross O'Carroll-kelly.

    The Shelbourne Ultimatum.


  • #1937
    jimmymal
    Registered Users Posts: 228 ✭✭jimmymal


    just finished one flew over the cuckoos nest, reread. forgot how great a book it is.

    now on captain morellis mandolin. really enjoying the start of it. and also realizing how small my knowledge of the second world war is in regards to the Mediterranean. ill have more of an interest in future.
    really liking the style of writing so far, and some good characters developing nicely.


  • #1938
    jimmymal
    Registered Users Posts: 228 ✭✭jimmymal


    just finished one flew over the cuckoos nest, reread. forgot how great a book it is.

    now on captain morellis mandolin. really enjoying the start of it. and also realizing how small my knowledge of the second world war is in regards to the Mediterranean. ill have more of an interest in future.
    really liking the style of writing so far, and some good characters developing nicely.


  • #1939
    Hitchens
    Registered Users Posts: 7,975 ✭✭✭Hitchens


    'Containment Room 7' by Bryan Hall

    They'll probably make a film out of this one. Research ship orbiting a black hole and what ensues.


  • #1940
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,464 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    11/22/63 by Stephen King after a recommendation here.

    Just when i lost all faith in King he comes back with this,Great read so far.


  • #1941
    Custardpi
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭Custardpi


    About half way through "Love in a Time of Cholera" by Gabriel García Márquez, a moving account of life in a coastal Colombian town at the turn of the 20th century & the diverging future fortunes of two erstwhile not-quite-lovers divided by class pretensions. Reading it in the original para mejorar mi nivel en la lengua & not finding it too difficult, despite the occasional region-specific (i.e. not commonly used elsewhere) word or phrase. The richness of the language is an absolute joy to read, García Márquez is really good at capturing characters & setting scenes with just a few lines of dialogue. Don't think it's quite as good as "100 Years of Solitude", which I found mindblowingly magical but very few books are. Would definitely recommend it.


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  • #1942
    Nyoms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭Nyoms


    Half way through Graham Norton's autobiography. It's a good read.


  • #1943
    Pushtrak
    Registered Users Posts: 4,640 ✭✭✭Pushtrak


    The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better For Everyone.


  • #1944
    kincsem
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,013 ✭✭✭kincsem


    They Made America by Harold Evans


  • #1945
    zyanya
    Registered Users Posts: 208 ✭✭zyanya


    Custardpi wrote: »
    About half way through "Love in a Time of Cholera" by Gabriel García Márquez, a moving account of life in a coastal Colombian town at the turn of the 20th century & the diverging future fortunes of two erstwhile not-quite-lovers divided by class pretensions. Reading it in the original para mejorar mi nivel en la lengua & not finding it too difficult, despite the occasional region-specific (i.e. not commonly used elsewhere) word or phrase. The richness of the language is an absolute joy to read, García Márquez is really good at capturing characters & setting scenes with just a few lines of dialogue. Don't think it's quite as good as "100 Years of Solitude", which I found mindblowingly magical but very few books are. Would definitely recommend it.

    Have you read "Doce Cuentos Peregrinos" (Twelve peregrin tales)? <3 Also, I love the songs Shakira wrote for the film ("Despedida" and "Hay Amores")


  • #1946
    Hogata
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭Hogata


    ,,IT" and ,,Bag Of Bones "by S.King


  • #1947
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,197 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Flew through 'The Wind Through The Keyhole' by Mr King in 2 days. It's another Dark Tower book, giving insight into a couple of the characters backgrounds.I really enjoyed it.

    Currently re-reading 'Small Gods' by Pratchett, trying to remember not to laugh out loud when I'm on the train can be a challenge.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #1948
    kfallon
    Registered Users Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    A Secret History of The IRA by Ed Moloney, very interesting


  • #1949
    Hogata
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭Hogata


    phonebook :D:D;)


  • #1950
    ibarelycare
    Registered Users Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


    Twinkleboots wrote: »
    We need to talk about Kevin- Lionel Shriver

    It's pretty disturbing :(

    I read that recently. Took me a good while to get into but then I started enjoying it. Keep meaning to watch the movie.



    Just started A Storm of Swords the other day. Really enjoying it so far, especially after struggling a bit with A Clash of Kings.


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  • #1951
    bacon?
    Registered Users Posts: 764 ✭✭✭bacon?


    boards.ie


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